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Volume 4 : 45-50, 2000. Redacted 2018.
Cervical Vertebral Movement in the Horse
James R.
Rooney.
Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of
Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA[1]
ABSTRACT
Rooney JR., Cervical verterbral movement in the
horse, Onl J
Vet Res., 4: 45-50, 2000. The movement of the neck of the horse has
been examined by in vitro dissection and manipulation. The cervical vertebrae
move in series along a locus of centers of rotation as the neck moves in the
sagittal plane. This series rotation is determined by the ligamentum nuchae and the muscles which function in parallel with the
ligament. The sigmoid, S-shape of the cervical vertebral column in the usual
standing position is determined by the ligamentum nuchae
alone in vitro and in parallel with cervical muscle action in the live horse.
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